The efficacy of physical training techniques used in sports to develop muscle memory for foreign language pronunciation

我们成功地完成了研究设备和参考材料的采购，为实验阶段做准备。不幸的是，由于COVID-19封锁以及随后对密切接触的限制，实验阶段的开始被严重推迟。这在研究发音的情况下尤其困难，因为它需要研究对象为了记录发音而去除面具，并且需要主要研究人员为了演示目的而去除面具。因此，我们决定将研究期延长至2023年。随着口罩限制的解除，我们开始招募研究对象，预计在2023年年中完成实验和分析阶段，并计划在2023年底前完成论文。

We successfully completed acquisition of research equipment and reference materials in preparation for the experimental phase. Unfortunately, the start of the experimental phase was severely delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown and then the subsequent restrictions on close contact. This was particularly the difficult in the case of research into pronunciation as it required the removal of masks by research subjects' for the recording of articulation, and by the primary researcher for demonstration purposes. Therefore, we decided to extend the research period into 2023. With the lifting of mask restrictions, we began recruiting subjects for the study, and expect to complete the experimental and analysis phases by the middle of 2023, and plan to have a paper ready by the end of 2023.